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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1990
Shamim Ahmad, North Canton, OH (US);
Donald R Bartley, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
John P Czarnecki, Uniontown, OH (US);
The Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
In a tire mold having a pair of mold parts separable about cooperating surfaces of the respective mold parts which define a parting line region, each of the mold parts includes a surface defining at least a portion of a cavity for shaping a tire. The tire mold further includes a plurality of pockets for defining a respective plurality of circumferentially arranged tread elements in the tire. The improvement comprises a vacuum source in fluid communication with the cavity of the tire mold for evacuating fluid from the cavity in the tire mold through a space located between the surfaces of the mold parts which define the parting line region. A vent fluidly connects a pair of adjacent pockets. A passage associated with one of the mold parts provides fluid communication between the vacuum source and one of the pair of adjacent pockets connected by the vent.